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Application med .Tune 23, 1321. Serial No. 479,770.

To aZZ whom t may concern.

Be itknown that I, EnWARo P. COLE, a citizen of the United States, and aresident of Chicago, county of jCook, and State of Illinois, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Heaters, of which thefollowing is a specication.

My invention has reference more Vparticularly to a heater of thereflector type which is capable of being used to furnish a current ofheated air.`

Electrical heating devices comprising .a

heating element mounted in front of a heatv reflector so as to'concentrate and project the rays of heat from the element havel comeintoeXt/ensive use. These devices, however, as heretofore designed, havebeen capahle of transmitting heat only by reflection and could not beused to aord a currentot heated air, although the latter use is' oftendesirable, articularly for drying purposes,

the hair. The principal objects of my invention are to provide anelectrical heater of the reflector type which may be used to supply acurrent or draft of heated air; to use my invention in connection -Withheat reflectors of the present type; to ap ly same sol that it does notdetract from the utility of the device as a heat reflector; andin'general, to rovide an inexpensive and convenient eater of thereflector type which is easily and quickly adaptable to circulation ofheated air.

On the drawin s: Fig. 1 is a si e view of a heater constructed inaccordance with 'my invention 'and having parts thereof insection,together with an electric fan placed in position to provide circulationof theheated air. Fig. 2, a similar view partly in section, showing amodified form of heater which is designed to be-used as an attachmentfor the ordinary electric fan, and

Fig. 3a side View partly in section, of another modification ofmy-heater.

Referring tothe drawin s, Fig. 1 shows my invention in the form m whichheaters of this character are usually constructed and comprises a base 1with an extension 2 pivoted thereto and adapted to be clampedirl-various positions of pivotal adjustment by a thumb screw or nut 3.At the upper end of the extension 2 is secured a parabolic reflector 4,which hasia heatin element 5 mounted in the base thereof so at the heati llector directly in front of an electric permit or afford raysemanating :from the element are redirected by the reflector 4 outthrough the open end of the reflector.

The reflector thus described is substan-4 of the .inner surface of thereflector. This door may be mounted in any manner Which permitsconvenient opening and closing as for example, by the hinge 6, and thereis also a knob 7 for manipulating the door and a latch 8 for holdingsame in the closed position.

This heater isv constructed so that the re- 4 is at a suitable height tobe placed fan 9 of a standard type, videa draft or 'circulation ofheated air the tan 1s placed in front of the reliector l substantiallyas shown in Fig. 1, and the door 25 is opened. Upon supplying current tothe heating element 5 and operating the fan, the blast of air from thelatter is directed into the reflector 4 into close contact with theheating element, and discharged through the openinoafforded by openingof the door 25, thus a Ording a blast of heated air from and when it isdesired to pro 'Q the rear lo enings of the reector which may be utilizefor drying the hair or for any other pnrpose.

lThe -construction shown in Fig. 2 is adapted to be used as anattachment for an elect-ric fan and comprises the shell 10 with theheating element 11 at the outer end and a cylindrical portion 12 at theother end of Suitable size to telescope onto the fan guard 13 of the tan14, and this/shell 10 has an o ening 15 at'the outer end which may be cosed by a door 16, if desired.

This type ot heater has the su porting hase omitted so that it can heused) 1n connection With an oscillating fan and as it is not articularlyada ted to'be used apart from t e tan to provi e reected heat, the door16 may be omitted or a plain dat plate used tor the door, as the latteris not required to serve as a reflectores in the construction shown inFig. 1.

The; redector 17 shown in Fig. 3, is de signed particularly\ through thereflector by natural draft caused by the heating element, and this endis hinged on the base 22 so that it normally occupies an upwardlydirected position with the opening 23 at tlaebottom through which air isdrawn and circulated around the heat ing element 19. The hinged mountingof the reflector however, permits adjustment thereof to horizontal andother positions, so that it may be used as an ordinary heat reflector orin connection with a fan to provide a draft of heated air. nthe opening23 is, therefore, preferably provided With a door ltl of curved form tocomplete the reflector surface when closed, and the open end of thereflector may also be provided with the cylindrical shell so that thedevice is capable of being mounted on a fan guard in the manner shown inFig. 2.

While have shown and described my invention in a preferred form, l amaware that various changes and modifications may be, made Withoutdeparting from the principles of my invention, the scope of which is tobe determined by the appended claims.

I claim as my invention:

L lin a device ot the class described, the combination of a concave heatreflector hay# ing an opening in the bottom, a ring-shaped to affordcirculation' heating element Within the reflector and ex tending aroundthe edge of the opening so as to afford a clear passage through theopening and heating element, and a door for closing said opening.

2. The combination of a concave reflector comprising an annular shell,the Wall ot Which is convergently curved to 'form a. large opening atone end to a smaller opening at the other end, a heating elementpositioned within the reflector so that the heat rays therefrom areredirected by the reflector out through the large opening thereof, aud afan at the large opening of the shell and adapted to supply air into thereflector and discharge same hrough the smaller opening of thereflector.

8. ln a. device of' the class described., the combination of a concavereflector having a heating element mounted therein so that the ra-ys ofheat emanating Jfrom said element are concentrated and projected in thedirection of the focal axis ot the reflector, a fan adjacent the mouthof the reflector operable to propel a current of air in a directionopposite to that of the reflected heal` rays, and a restricted openingin the bottom of the reflector through which the current of air from thefan is discharged.,

